Rhemiyl and Icewing

[Icewing]

"What?" Yuuna asked, his tone of voice almost sounding curious. Yuuna had been pretty sure that there was nothing at the camp that he hadn't seen before, but he hadn't been there for a while until he met Shen, so he supposed they could have added something new since he last visited.

[Rhemiyl]

"Just this way," he said as he leaded him around the corner of the hall by the audience chamber. He climbed an unguarded ladder and waited for Yuuna up top. The ladder came out to the top of the outer wall and Shen was already at another one. "Come on, this one goes pretty high." He waited patiently for the swordsman each major distance.

[Icewing]

"Where does this lead?" Yuuna asked Shen as he tried to avoid looking down. Although he would never admit it, Yuuna had a fear of heights and an even greater fear of falling. His face was rather pale, and it seemed he was clinging to the ladder as much as possible as he followed after Shen.

[Rhemiyl]

When they reached the top of the eastern watchtower, Shen explained what they'd climbed for. "Look," he began, "You can see the whole valley from up here." The land below bathed in the afternoon sunlight, the clouds passing slowly in the wind. "I come up here alot, even if we're not allowed, us trainees." The spearman looked out into the distance, taking a glance to Yuuna, his uneasiness evident on his face.

[Icewing]

"Umm.. Yeah... Nice..." Yuuna muttered, quickly glancing at the valley before feeling the ground spiral away from him, as if he was falling even though some distant part of him felt his feet touching the stone of the watchtower. "Now can we go down again?" he asked once the feeling of falling somewhat-passed.

[Rhemiyl]

The spearman let out a laugh. "You don't like heights, do ya'?" His laughing died down and he glanced back out to the view. "I figured we'd pass the time up here 'til you go but if you want, we can leave." He walked to the ladder. "I'll go first. If anything happens, I'll catch ya'." Shen started down the ladder with a low chuckle and called out to the swordsman. "One's gotta be there for his princess, afterall."

[Icewing]

"I am not scared of heights!" Yuuna protested, annoyed. Hearing Shen's last remark, he had to resist the urge to look down and glare daggers at the younger samurai, knowing he would probably panic if he did.

[Rhemiyl]

"Come now," Shen teased, "it's not that long of a fall, I wouldn't have a problem catching you." He wore a smile on his lips as he positioned himself to do as he said, granted it happened.

[Icewing]

Yuuna sighed, and started climbing down, making sure to not look down. The minute his feet touched the ground, he almost sighed in relief. "Um... I'd rather not go up there again..." he muttered.

[Rhemiyl]

Shen chuckled and moved to the second ladder, "Still one more to go, come on." He swiftly made his way down it, dropping down the bottom half and landing softly on the ground.

[Icewing]

Yuuna groaned, and quickly climbed down the ladder, hoping that in his haste to get down, he wouldn't fall. "So, what now?" he asked Shen once he was on solid ground and not feeling queasy anymore.

[Rhemiyl]

The spearman paused to think a moment, a finger tapping his chin. "Well that was the only thing I had planned.... Any ideas?" He'd crossed his arms and leaned on the wall, his shoulder against the cool material.

[Icewing]

"No, I wasn't exactly planning on having to stay here a while before leaving," Yuuna muttered. "Want to train a bit, then? It probably wouldn't hurt for me to refresh my attacks and defenses before I leave."

[Rhemiyl]

Shrugging off the idea Shen straightened himself. "Can't really swing a spear in here, let's go show off outside," he grinned, turning his back and walking to the nearest way out to the center training grounds.

[Icewing]

"We're not going to show off," Yuuna grumbled under his breath, but he continued to follow Shen anyways, hoping that, for once, he wouldn't be beaten by the younger samurai.